Getting a 125cc Motorbike

TallPaul_S said:
Even with the best intentions of just using a 125 for a cheap run around, once the biking bug bites, you'll want a proper bike and feel envious whenever one passes you :D
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Coming home on Friday, I was pootling round some country road corners with wet leaves, stones, and general debris all over them. Someone overtook me ROUND THE BEND! going about twice the speed I was. I was thinking - what happened to being careful about crap on the road? Or is the skid risk from road debris over-stated and it's only if you're doing 60 round a tight bend that you'll have trouble?!
 
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Coming home on Friday, I was pootling round some country road corners with wet leaves, stones, and general debris all over them. Someone overtook me ROUND THE BEND! going about twice the speed I was. I was thinking - what happened to being careful about crap on the road? Or is the skid risk from road debris over-stated and it's only if you're doing 60 round a tight bend that you'll have trouble?!
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Better tyres/bigger tyres/knowledge of the road/better headlights/more confidence/less bothered about risk, could be any of these things.

My vara has decent sized tyres (130/80 17" BT45's at the rear) unlike the bicycle tyres on some 125's but when I was on the monster 821 last week, on slippery/wet roads, the increase in grip was very noticeable - big bikes are just so much more capable in every way.
 
i have a CBT and a 2000 cagiva mito evo ii, 2-stroke 125 and it is really quick for a 125, aprilia RS125 are also good and do newer models if thats what you are looking for.

only problem with these 2-strokes is that they high performance bikes so you need to feed it expensive 2-stroke oil no matter what, they can be temperamental as well.

my mito revs up to 11,500 to 12,000 RPM lol it screams
 
I think it revs a lot for a 125 2 stroke imo

Yeh you could say that lol, its has a new top end and power valve, only had it 6 months haha
 
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